Oakengates Athletic F.C.

Oakengates Athletic

Full name	Oakengates Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gates
Founded	1886
Ground	Hadley Learning Community Telford Shropshire (Capacity: tbc)
Chairman	Robin Hancock
League	Shropshire County Premier Football League
2010-11	Division One, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Oakengates Athletic FC (previously Oakengates Town FC) is a football club based in Telford, Shropshire. The club plays 'Home' games at the Hadley Learning Community, Telford. It is named for the town of Oakengates, now part of Telford.

Oakengates Athletic are currently members of the Shropshire County League Division One.

History

Earliest records of Oakengates Town are from as early as 1886/87 when they lifted the Shropshire Junior Cup. In 1923/24 they entered the Birmingham and District League. A cup win was soon to follow in the 1926/27 season when they lifted the Shropshire Senior Cup. The reserve's were also successful in these times with a win in the Junior Cup in 1928/29. The first team won the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1929/30 beating Kidderminster Harriers 3-1 and nearly won the Birmingham and District League in 1930/31 only to lose the title on goal difference. They went on to lift the Shropshire Senior Cup again in season 1930/31 and retained it in 1931/32.

Oakengates won the Commander Ethelston Cup in season 1978/79, a feat which they repeated in the 1988/89 season. They won a Shropshire County League and cup double in the 1978/79 season and retained the cup in the 1979/80 season. A sole County Cup win was achieved in 1992/93. In the 1995/96 season Oakengates Town won a Shropshire County League and Cup double again which remains the last success to date.

At the start of the 2005/6 season the club was in serious debt, the clubhouse was derelict through vandalism and neglect and Oakengates Town was near extinction. A few locals decided to retain the history of the club and save it. The club was renamed Oakengates Athletic and moved away from its old ground in Oakengates (School Grove) to a new ground at Hadley via a short stay at Oakengates Athletic Stadium.^[1]

Honours

• Shropshire Senior Cup 1926/27 - 1930/31 - 1931/32
• Birmingham Senior Cup 1929/30
• Shropshire Junior Cup 1886/87
• Shropshire County League Premier Division Winners 1978/79 - 1995/96
• Shropshire County League Premier Division Cup 1978/79 - 1979/80 - 1995/96
• Shropshire County Cup Winners 1992/93
• Commander Ethelston Cup Winners 1977/78 - 1988/89

Players

Current squad

As of 8th December 2010.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Steve Boyle DF Peter Lineton DF Ashley Slater MF Simon Humphreys DF Mark Griffiths DF Martin Jones MF Oliver Wall MF Colin Lineton MF Marc Perry FW Nick Dawe MF Dean Aston MF Matthew Powell GK Mark Richards

No. Position Player MF Tom Francis MF Liam Brant DF John Paul Bowker MF Andy Little MF Dave Moore FW Lee Mitchell MF Greg Smith DF Andrew Roe DF Tim Treharne DF Ayden Preece DF John Chappell MF Michael Evans

Management team

Position	Name
Caretaker Manager	Bryan Emlyn
Caretaker Manager	Lee Mitchell
First team coach	John Paul Bowker
Goalkeeping coach	Vacant
Secretary/Treasurer	Bryan Emlyn
Chief Cheerleader	Harry Mitchell

Former managers

Name	From	To	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Lee Mitchell/Bryan Emlyn	2011	Present	8	6	1	1
Jamie James	2010	2011	23	9	6	8
Lee Mitchell/Bryan Emlyn	2010	2010	5	4	1	0
Barry Williams	2007	2010	69	21	6	42

See also

• Shropshire#Football

References

1. ^ http://www.webteams.co.uk/Home.aspx?team=oakengatesathleticfc

External links

• Official website